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the actress plays matchmaker with her favorite scents.
French fashion house Balenciaga is pretty badass– so obviously the label wasn't going to put out any old floral fragrance. Its Florabotanica convinced cool girls, who wouldn't normally go anywhere near a flowery scent, to join the garden party. That status was cemented by its face Kristen Stewart–an actress who doesn't do girly-girl, as evidenced by her preference for Chucks and unwashed hair on the red carpet. This spring, Stewart reprised her spokesperson role for Balenciaga's latest unconventional take on a flower, Rosabotanica. She was nice enough to take the time to discuss the fragrances, what she would wear with each, and which one would be Bella's signature scent.
You've said in the past that you weren't really into fragrances, but now that you've been the face of the Balenciaga fragrances for awhile, are you more comfortable being a perfume-wearer?
Yeah, yeah I'm a very comfortable perfume-wearer now. I hadn't really taken to any particular scent before I did this, and so luckily, I was more than a huge fan of it when I first smelled it. Whenever I had anything to do with them it always felt like, you know, just really fucking cool and natural and. To be the face of a brand seems a bit of a superficial, but this was really about my love for Balenciaga. And then so, when I actually smelled Florabotanica, I really took to it. I sort of came into my own, in regards to fragrance, at a perfect time.
It feels very adult, once you find your signature scent.
It does, right? And, you know, it doesn't go with everything, like if you wake up and put on a T-shirt and a baseball cap, it's not like you're gonna put on the fragrance. But if you go to dinner that night h, it's such a nice little touch to add. It makes you feel a little bit more ready.
So do you feel the same about the new one, Rosabotanica?
I'm not sure which one I like more. They're really different, like it feels like Florabotanica is like white wine, and Rosabotanica is like red, like a little deeper. It's a little muskier. It's like they come from the same garden, but the new variation is a bit warmer and headier. It feels like a little bit more nighttime.
Rosabotanica is a little sexier?
It is! Honestly.
So when would you wear Florabotanica versus Rosabotanica?
I think it's about mood. I would wear Rosabotanica at night, and I would wear Florabotanica in the day. But when I didn't have Rosabotanica, I wore Florabotanica at night. I feel like if you're someone who is like quite young wearing it, it can make you feel like, like you've like stepped up to the plate, like you're a little older, like you're a little bit more ready and finished. And then, I can totally imagine giving it to my mom and having her be like "Wow! This is awesome. This is like fresh." Depending on who you are, I feel like it has different effects.
Which pieces from Balenciaga would wear with each of these fragrances?
If I were to go out at night and wear my leather jacket, I'd probably put on Rosabotanica. I have this jumpsuit that's a little bit older but it's sick, and that I would definitely wear Florabotanica.
If you were going to pick out characters you've played, who would wear these fragrances?
That's interesting. Let's see…Well, I think Bella (from Twilight) would probably wear Rosabotanica because she is completely preoccupied with all things sexy. And I just finished a movie called Sils Maria, and I play the personal assistant to Juliette Binoche, who's playing a really famous actress. And you're always a little bit more curious about my character because you don't know anything about her and her life but she's still a big part of the story, so like when anything is revealed about her, like she's into this guy, or she's into this artist or something, you're like, "Oh, whoa! Who are you?" And I think she would be a Rosabotanica girl. Like a little bit darker and more mysterious. Then I would say that Marylou in On the Road, would definitely wear Florabotanica. The character in the book is so fucking effortlessly sexy and light. She's so sweet and very unassuming.
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"Bruce's Big Toe Pointing To A Rip!..." Photo by & Copyright Bruce Moncrief 2015.
Since I had to go to MDR this morning to get a new windshield parking sticker at the Beaches & Harbors office on Fiji Way, I stopped in at the "West Marine" store in Marina Village (right across from CPK) where Bruce told me I could pick up a replacement whistle.
This is the "WORLD'S LOUDEST WHISTLE!" If someone is in the water and they don't hear you it is for one of two reasons: (1) they are deaf; or (2) they are surfing and they are intentionally ignoring you (true story!)... Veteran OL Justin Kirby uses one of these whistles and he swears by it, metaphorically speaking.
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Home Blog Moeen Ali claims Australian player referred to him as 'Osama'
Moeen Ali claims Australian player referred to him as 'Osama'
English all-rounder Moeen Ali has added fuel to the fire currently burning against the culture of Australian cricket, claiming in his soon to be published autobiography that an unnamed player called him 'Osama' in the 2015 Ashes series. The autobiography, which is set to be released later in September, is being previewed in English newspaper The Times, in which this section of the book was published.
According to Ali, during his first ever Ashes test - in Cardiff - an opposition player 'turned to me and said "take that, Osama". I could not believe what I had heard. I remember going really red. I have never been so angry on a cricket field.'
Reportedly, Ali told coach Trevor Bayliss and 'a couple of other guys' later, and Bayliss subsequently brought the issue to Australian coach Darren Lehmann. Lehmann asked the player question, who claimed he had called Ali 'a part timer' rather than 'Osama'. Evidently Ali remained certain of what he had heard, but 'had to take the player's word for it'.
Cricket Australia responded to these fresh allegations by beginning an investigation into the incident, saying 'remarks of this nature are unacceptable and have no place in our sport, or in society'. They are set to follow up the matter with the English Cricket Board.
The claims - further details of which will no doubt come out following Cricket Australia's probe into the into the incident - once again bring into the spotlight the culture of the Australian cricket team in what has been a disappointing year for the team. Predominantly, this stems from the ball-tampering controversy during the tour of South Africa earlier this year, which subsequently saw captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner suspended for a year, and opening batsman Cameron Bancroft banned by Cricket Australia for nine months. In the wake of that incident, coach Darren Lehmann also stepped down, while many involved within the team questioned whether the desire to win had become so strong that it had the idea of fair play had been compromised.
These new allegations, while for the moment unsubstantiated, are just another incident which Cricket Australia will no doubt be loathed to deal with. If the comments are confirmed there will likely be further action taken considering their nature, though just what that action will be is yet to be determined.
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Capital of Culture is here at last!
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Capital of Culture - that's Liverpool!
THE day has finally arrived. Today, January 1, 2008, marks the start of Liverpool's reign as European Capital of Culture.
A total of 1,671 days have passed since the accolade was awarded to the city on June 4, 2003 amid scenes of celebration, and there have been a number of highs and lows on the way to the big day.
The eyes of the world will fall on Liverpool throughout this year, offering the city an unprecedented opportunity to market itself on a global scale.
And those who have waited and planned for the past five years agree it is vital Liverpool capitalises on 2008, setting the tone for years to come.
Sir Paul McCartney said: "I think Liverpool is going to be a magical Capital of Culture throughout 2008 and really show itself in a new light.
"Come on Liverpool."
Sir Paul, 65, is due to appear at two Capital of Culture events.
He will be at Liverpool Cathedral on May 1 when the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra performs the northern premiere of his award- winning classical work Ecce Cor Meum.
And a month later he is back to headline one of the highlights of the year – the Liverpool Sound concert at Anfield on June 1.
David Fleming, director of National Museums Liverpool, said: "The big year is here and the nation is watching.
"It is time to put the wrangles and mistakes behind us and do the city proud.
"We will deliver a great cultural year that will change the perception of Liverpool forever.
"National Museums Liverpool will put on a fantastic series of exhibitions and events and break all our visitor records, and we will build the Museum of Liverpool, the biggest new national museum in this country for 100 years, as the great physical legacy of the year for the people of Liverpool."
Legacy was always a key component of Liverpool's bid to host Capital of Culture.
The years in the run-up to the main event were all themed – Year of Learning in 2003, then Year of Faith in One City in 2004, followed by the Year of the Sea.
Liverpool Performs – incorporating arts and sport – was celebrated in 2006 while 2007 was, of course, the city's 800th birthday.
These were all aimed at building towards the crescendo that would mark the arrival of 2008 – the city's year as European Capital of Culture.
But it continues with the Year of Environment in 2009 and in 2010 the Year of Innovation.
Council leader Warren Bradley said: "Like Glasgow in 1990, Liverpool 08 will use culture to transform national and international perceptions of Merseyside.
"We've already gone from 16th to sixth most-visited UK city since winning the bid.
"Now 08 should set the seal on Liverpool as a top tourist city. Over £3bn has been invested in the city's infrastructure in the run-up to 08 and regeneration activity is now accelerating, with projects worth £4.6bn on site or in the pipeline."
Martin King, director of tourism at The Mersey Partnership, said: "If you consider the huge investments like Liverpool One; the Cruise Liner Berth; ACC Liverpool and elsewhere – such as Southport – we are seeing a huge growth in our city region's tourism infrastructure which will provide a very real legacy well beyond Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture.
"In many ways, the real measure of our success as a destination in 2008 will be to see how many first-time visitors we can attract back in 2009 and beyond."
Labour leader Joe Anderson added: "This is a huge rebranding opportunity to show our rebirth and it is also an opportunity for Liverpool to regain our standing as one of the important cities in the UK and Europe."
Phil Redmond, deputy chairman of the Liverpool Culture Company board and with responsibility for the entire cultural programme, said: "The one thing I have been looking forward to is actually to just get the year under way so that things can be judged on what they are, what people are and were attempting to do, rather than all the talk about what might or might not happen.
"The very nature of culture, defined as arts, literature and shared lifestyles means what is one person's good night out is another's purgatory.
"It will throw up a good cultural debate and that, I suppose is the real thing I am looking forward to, the cultural conversations and debates that will surround the year."
The director of Tate Liverpool, Christoph Grunenberg, said: "The fantastic success of the Turner Prize confirmed the city was ready for 2008; we are preparing to present more high-profile international exhibitions including Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900."
Tate also marks its 20th year in Liverpool in May.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown sent his warmest wishes to the city, and pledged: "I believe the spirit in Liverpool is to make this a great success over the course of the next year, and I look forward to visiting the city to congratulate everyone."
The year's programme officially starts on Friday, January 11 at St George's Plateau, with a huge open-air ceremony featuring performers including Ringo Starr.
He said: "I'm coming to celebrate the year of culture with everyone in Liverpool. The good thing about it is that, as the city's the Capital of Culture, they will get into lots of other situations to present Liverpool in an incredible light."
Fellow former Beatle Paul McCartney will return to the city in May to play in the Liverpool Sound Concert at Anfield.
Although not everything will be as high-profile as those two gigs, the city's key cultural institutions have been working to ensure success.
Alistair Upton, chief executive of Bluecoat, said: "It is too late for hopes and fears for '08, now is the time to get on and enjoy it.
"The new Bluecoat opens in March and will be the finest new building in Liverpool; as a whole new model for an art centre there will be nothing else like it in the country."
Lewis Biggs, director of Liverpool Biennial, said: "Our ambitious programme responds to the growing public appetite and enthusiasm for contemporary art by artists of international stature working within our neighbourhoods and with the support of local organisations.
"We are confident the programme will be a talking point for residents and visitors alike, impossible to miss as art fills the city's streets and squares."
Mike Stubbs, director of FACT, said: "Everyone at FACT is hard at work delivering a world-class programme.
"I am excited for 2008, can't wait for it to finally begin and I'm sure everyone who comes to FACT will leave with the same level of enthusiasm."
Liverpool's theatres and the Philharmonic Hall will also play a crucial role this year.
Hannah Collins, general manager of Liverpool's Empire Theatre, said: "After proudly hosting the Royal Variety Performance, the theatre is on a real high.
"It boosted the theatre's profile and proved that Liverpool could host world- class events.
"Visitors will be able to 'take in a show' at the theatre during their stay, as they would in the West End.
"The Empire has long been at the heart of Liverpool's thriving entertainment scene and we will continue to host top-class productions throughout 2008 and beyond."
Liverpool's explosion of pride
A FINAL chime of the world's highest and heaviest bell and a spectacular 40ft firework heralded the start of Liverpool's Capital of Culture year. Read
Month-by-Month: Capital of Culture highlights
THE cultural year officially gets under way with a weekend of frantic activity from Friday, January 11. Read
The dramatic changes influenced by Capital of Culture honour
IN THE near five years since June 4, 2003, when Tessa Jowell uttered that immortal statement: "The winner is . . . Liverpool" there have been dramatic changes in the Culture Capital's structure and skyline – with more to come in and onwards from 2008. Read
First day of an era that defines the city's future
The countdown is over and it's time to deliver. David Bartlett assesses the mood as Culture year kicks off Read
How our city's proud Christian traditions will help shape the celebrations throughout 2008
LIVERPOOL'S rich Christian tradition will form a key part of the city's Capital of Culture celebrations. Read
'Capital of Culture is an opportunity we should grab with both hands'
IN MAY, Liverpool will welcome in a new Lord Mayor. Read
A milestone, not the end
LIVERPOOL embarks today on the most significant 12 months in its modern history. After four and a half years of hopes, plans, dreams and ambitions, 2008 is here at last, and our home city is officially European Capital of Culture. Read
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So we all prepared for higher council tax etc.
I hear we are all gonna be paying goodstyle for this.....
Not knowing too much about it am saying little .
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Good luck Liverpool, heres to a phenomenal 2008!
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Tried to find posters celebrating coc but not found any websites. Does anybody know where I could find some?
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Culture Year kicks off with three-day music extravaganza
by Phil Key, Liverpool Daily Post
THE first big festival celebrating Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture gets under way in the Hope Street area of Liverpool tomorrow.
The three-day Fresh Festival features 21 contemporary performances in a "fresh" start to the New Year.
It opens tomorrow at 8pm, in the Rodewald Suite of the Philharmonic Hall, where piano accordionist Karen Tweed will perform numbers from her album, May Monday.
It will continue until the early hours of Sunday when DJ Mike Chadwick goes on stage at The Magnet at 2am.
One intriguing concert will be by improvising musicians, The Bays. Their Philharmonic Hall concert on Friday will find them working with The Heritage Orchestra for their first attempt at orchestral improvisation.
American jazz legend, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, will bring his quartet to the Phil on Saturday to play with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.
Other stars lined up include British singer/ songwriter Julia Biel at the Hope Street Hotel tomorrow, trumpeter Neil Yates and band New Origins at the Rodewald Suite on Friday – and, on Saturday, New Zealand composer and violist John Metcalfe at the Rodewald Suite and Liverpool singer Thomas Lang at the Philharmonic Hall.
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My youngest was asleep yesterday when we went out into the snow to play. We waited for her to wake up today so that she could experience snow for the first time. I wrapped her and her sister up warm and we went outside, onto the front garden.
She made a wonderful snow angel, the top picture, but then the dog ran through it and her sister came over to stand in it whilst I was taking the photo so unfortunately the picture has not worked rather well. She felt it, played with it, ran it through her fingers and very carefully examined it. I loved watching her forming an opinion of the snow. Finally stopping at the conclusion that snow is far too cold and she started crying. I tried a dummy to calm her down so her sister could keep playing in the snow, as she loves the snow but unfortunately this did not work. Back inside we went to get warm.
This day I love my first taste of snow.
She really was not sure by the experience. It was either ice of melted today so not best for them to play with far too slippery.
Mine love it. For about five minutes and then they want back in again. Love the snow angel.
Thank you. Yeah short doses of snow then in to warm up again then back out, sounds like our day!


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IPL 2020: Top 3 players who can be eliminated by their teams
The Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) is going on at the floors of UAE in full swing. All eight teams are trying their best to be in the playoffs. However, some of the players from different franchises, who were at their best earlier, but have failed to impress this season.
The franchises are suffering from some of their players and might try a change in their next games. Here are the top three players who have flopped in the ongoing season.
1: Sunil Narine:
The Caribbean player is the best so far but he has miserably failed in the ongoing season of the league. Being capable of bowling in powerplay and batting at top-order, he has been known as one of the consistent players since IPL 2012.
He has failed in all four matches, clinching just 27 runs at a strike rate of 87.09 and an average of 6.75. Even with the ball in hand, the finger spinner has picked just 2 wickets at an economy of 8.50 and an average of 59.50.
2: Karun Nair:
Karun Nair of the Kings XI Punjab is struggling yet after being featured in four matches of IPL 2020. The side holds a perfect opening duo of Rahul-Agarwal but Nair's failure has cost them in mid-overs.
They might try changing the lad and notably, in the ongoing KXIP vs CSK, Nair is no more their part. After facing a lot of criticism, he has only 16 runs at a strike rate of 114.28 and at an average of 8. Mandeep Singh might be chosen for the rest of the matches as his replacement.
3: Kedar Jadhav
The Chennai team is facing harsh times as they have managed to won one out of four games. With a brutal start against the Mumbai Indians (MI), Dhoni's commanding side lost their next three games consecutively.
They have to look for stability in mid-overs as Kedar Jadhav, who made his comeback in 2018 after a two-year ban, has failed in all four matches. He was known as the hero of IPL but in the current season, he has smashed 51 runs at a strike rate of 108.51 averaging 17. Also, in 2019, he had the worst SR and average. CSK might look for a better all-rounder to fulfill their woes by dropping him and giving chances to youngsters to prove themselves.
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Monsters Who Have Touched Our Hearts
For WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE, we interviewed tons of experts about the struggle of good vs evil in film, comics, pop culture, world myth, literature, and the real world. Here's what some of them have to say about which monsters in film or mythology touched their hearts. DOUG SCHOONER—King Kong …
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JASON CRABB AWARDED MALE VOCALIST AND DVD/VIDEO OF THE YEAR AT 2011 SGN SCOOPS DIAMOND AWARDS
SGN Scoops Staff July 7, 2011
NASHVILLE, TENN. (July 5, 2011) – Renowned male vocalist JASON CRABB was honored with awards for MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR and VIDEO/DVD OF THE YEAR ("Somebody Like Me") during the 2011 SGN Scoops Diamond Awards held last week at the Tri-Lakes Center in Branson, Missouri as part of the 3rd Annual Branson Gospel Music Revival.
Jason's compelling video, "Somebody Like Me," was produced by Emmy Award winning producer Stan Moore and features singer/songwriter Alex Harvey, best known for writing Tanya Tucker's hit "Delta Dawn," among others. The video can be seen on YouTube.com – CLICK HERE.
"Thank you to all the friends who voted for these awards," said Jason Crabb. "I am truly humbled at the blessings that God continues to send my way."
Jason Crabb is one of Christian music's most respected artists. His accolades include a GRAMMY® Award for his debut self-titled Spring Hill solo recording, 14 Dove Awards and several other industry awards to his credit. Jason's highly-anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed debut recording is slated to release in October 2011.
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Home \ Press For Truth \ Mainstream Media Outlets Finally Starting To Cover Bilderberg!
The Russian media agency "Izvestia" is the biggest media outlet in all of Russia which includes 4 TV-channels (Ren TV, 5 Channel, 78 Channel, IZ Channel), 4 websites (ren.tv, 5-tv.ru, 78.ru, iz.ru) and the oldest newspaper "Izvestia" with an audience of 30 million viewers.
They are currently in attendance at the Bilderberg meeting…no not on the inside but rather on the the outside in an effort to expose this shady organization for what it is. It's nice to see mainstream outlets beginning to cover Bilderberg as news of this nefarious group will now be broadcasted across Russian television sets nation wide. In this video Dan Dicks of Press For Truth gets interviewed by Channel One Russia to speak about his experience of covering Bilderberg for the last 12 years.
So, lame-stream media people, can you answer that Dan Dicks's question, why haven't you covered something that 'might have' wider societal impact and which you people, as a democracy advocates, should as a fourth power?
No surprise that the Vatican has someone there or that the specific press you mentioned is there and that they are sworn to secrecy! However, will wait for leaks that are bound to get out sooner or later.
ASK THEM IF THE KILL ROOM IS DOWN STAIRS!
One always has to question a secret society's agenda. Sounds Marxist to me.
Its delusional to believe that MSM cares about the issues that really matter. They have their own agenda, and we are not part of it.
The Vatican? They probably want to protect their pedophilia ring. That is Bilderberg for you.
They will not let me ? you.
If that is true then they are telling us it is officially too late to stop them.
I want May Day back. Thanks for the real folk in Hawaii, now. Praise their courage.


Mercedes-Benz offers the S-Class sedan with a growing array of options such as carbon-fiber trim, heated and cooled cup holders and four types of caps for the tyre valves, and the carmaker's robots can't keep up.
With customisation key to wooing modern consumers, the flexibility and dexterity of human workers is reclaiming space on Mercedes's assembly lines. That bucks a trend that has given machines the upper hand over manpower since legendary US railroad worker John Henry died trying to beat a motorised hammer more than a century ago.
That makes efficient, streamlined production as important at Sindelfingen as at any other automotive plant. But the age of individualisation is forcing changes to the manufacturing methods that made cars and other goods accessible to the masses. The impetus for the shift is versatility. While robots are good at reliably and repeatedly performing defined tasks, they're not good at adapting. That's increasingly in demand amid a broader offering of models, each with more and more features.
The revamped Mercedes E-Class, which goes on sale in March, is an example of cutting back on machines. To align the car's head-up display, which projects speed and navigation instructions onto the windshield, the carmaker will replace two permanently installed robots with either one movable, lightweight machine or a worker.
While robots won't completely disappear, they'll increasingly be smaller and more flexible and operate in conjunction with human workers rather than set off behind safety fences. Mercedes calls equipping workers with an array of little machines "robot farming." About 1.3 million industrial robots will go into operation in the next two years, the International Federation of Robotics said in a study published on February 25.
The world's second-largest maker of luxury cars isn't doing this in isolation. BMW AG and Volkswagen AG's Audi are also testing lightweight, sensor-equipped robots safe enough to work alongside people. The edge they're seeking is to be better and faster than rivals as the pace of change affecting the auto industry quickens. Cars are increasingly morphing into smartphones on wheels, and manufacturers are under pressure to upgrade their models more frequently than the traditional seven-year cycle.
Automakers also need to cater to consumers demanding to be different. For Mercedes, that means adding 30 models by the end of the decade, including 10 all-new styles, and offering custom options such as bamboo trim, interior fragrances and illuminating the Mercedes star. That's a stark contrast to the days when mass-production pioneer Henry Ford quipped that customers could have any colour they wanted as long as it was black.


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If you are relocating here from another state, your property taxes may be higher here than where you lived previously. The offset is that in Texas you will not be paying any state or local personal income taxes. Depending on your level of income and the value of your home, your total annual tax bill may be less than it was before.
Property taxes are calculated by multiplying the assessed value of the property by the total combined rate levied by the taxing authorities that have jurisdiction where the property is located. Texas state law defines the assessed value of real property as the market value of a property on January 1, the first day of the tax year. Property taxes typically are paid in single annual payment that is due on or before December 31, the final day of the tax year.
Just click on the city, school district, etc. that you live in and the value of the home and this will give you a very close estimate of your taxes.


SINGAPORE – The Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (Redas) has called for a review of Singapore's property tax policies among other suggestions for the upcoming Budget.
Redas is asking the Government to reduce property tax for vacant land, exempt the tax on land slated for or under development and buildings undergoing renovations, give tax concessions for vacant properties and make the valuation process more transparent.
It also proposed that the current basis of tax assessment for vacant land be reviewed to reflect the land's lease term.
Other items on its Budget wish list include improving transparency in the property valuation process, reducing business costs and regulatory fees and special training grants to enhance maintenance skills and technical expertise.
Redas president Augustine Tan said its proposals come amid concerns that geopolitical and economic uncertainties could hurt the property sector and the economy, and are aimed at helping firms contain costs and ensure business sustainability.
"Negative sentiments can weigh heavily on the property market should there be a confluence of recessionary factors and destabilising events. This will in turn adversely affect Singapore's economy," Mr Tan said at the association's Chinese New Year luncheon on Friday (Feb 10).
Notably, Redas did not ask the Government to review or ease property cooling measures.
But Mr Tan said that all segments of the property market continue to reel from the "persistent oversupply, rising vacancy rates and weak demand".
New private homes transactions have plunged by 50 per cent from 15,900 units in 2011 to just under 8,000 last year, he said.
Despite the uptick in sales at recent property launches, it is "still too soon to conclude that a market recovery is in sight", said Mr Tan.
"The 2017 outlook remains murky with uncertainties surrounding global geopolitics and macroeconomic developments. With the weakened labour market, slower growth in employment and earnings, declining population growth, coupled with the prospect of rising interest rates, the current slowdown is expected to continue into 2017," he said.
This year's Budget will be announced on Feb 20.
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This event will be rescheduled for March of 2023. New dates and program coming soon.
Know thyself.
— From the Temple of Apollo at Delphi
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
— Plutarch
Savannah Symposium
a cultural-intellectual festival
Three intense days of grappling with big questions while reading one of the greatest texts ever written. Lectures by leading intellectuals and discussion groups led by great teachers. Encounters with Bach, Plato, Shakespeare. Conviviality and conversation lasting late into the night. All in one of the most beautiful cities of the continent amidst the sublime southern spring.
Expect a multi-sensory and intellectually exciting three days — with philosophers, psychologists, musicians, theologians, artists, comedians, publishers, thespians, entrepreneurs, and political defectors — in an environment absolutely committed to freedom of thought, to listening intently to each other, and to discovering the truth about the most important things.
In an era of cancel-culture and twitter rage, where universities betray free speech and travesty the achievements of the past, where nihilism ravages the spirit, nothing is more subversive than thinking — than discovering the truths that transcend the noise: the bedrock you can build your life on.
This Symposium, hosted by Ralston College, signals a fundamental new beginning in higher education. We are determined to cut through the admission games and student loans, the indoctrination and shocking loss of purpose that afflict our colleges and universities — by returning to the timeless, tried-and-true formula: truth-seeking in a community that values friendship and freedom of thought.
Essential to this gathering is the belief that the thinkers and artists of the past can illuminate the tensions and possibilities of the present. We take our name from the text that will anchor our explorations: Plato's Symposium. Set as a long conversation over an evening among friends, the Symposium offers one of the most profound reflections ever written on the nature of love and desire (eros) in all its dimensions: interpersonal, philosophical, ethical, political, scientific, cosmological, poetic, and theological. We intend to revive this radical communion of friendship forged in discourse and animated by beauty.
Young and old, beginners and curious seekers, experts and scholars, artists and scientists, atheists and believers: this gathering is for everyone.
We hope you'll join us.
a total experience
The only ideas conference with required reading. Our intellectual and artistic explorations will be anchored by Plato's Symposium — we'll send you a copy after you register — which offers one of the most profound reflections ever written on the meaning of human life and love.
16 hours of lectures and panel discussions with remarkable thinkers who will expand on topics pertaining to self-knowledge, freedom, and the power of the imagination. These talks will take place in a bright, naturally-lit industrial space that dates back to the 19th century.
During the afternoons we'll break into small group seminars in beautiful locations around the city for discussions led by inspired professors from around the world. Develop your ideas, listen to others, and make new friends in a free-spirited and welcoming intellectual community.
Not just thinking about beauty, but experiencing it. We've selected music and drama to specifically bring this text and thinking to life: with a concert by one of Europe's most talented and versatile young musicians, and a new production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.
Dining and Gala
We will nourish your body as well as your mind with two lunches and three dinners prepared with fresh ingredients by a celebrated local chef — culminating with a final night indoor-outdoor Gala at the historic Telfair Square and Academy, the oldest museum in the South.
A Full Experience
Having immersed yourself in a timeless work of literature, been illuminated by lectures and lively discussions, and encountered sublime beauty in music and theatre, you will leave intellectually enlivened, with a better understanding of the truths at the heart of human life.
Iain McGilchrist
A thinker of dazzling variety who spans both humanistic and scientific domains, McGilchrist is best known for reinvigorating interest in the divided brain. He argues that this division, which pits analysis of the particular against that of the whole, has shaped Western culture and critically underlies our present crisis.
Ms Park escaped from hell and human trafficking to become a bold and articulate whistle-blower on the horrors of North Korea and its quest to repress freedom, human dignity, and even love. Her passionate firsthand account of resistance to authoritarian cruelty offers both a powerful vision of human resilience and an acute analysis of the perversions of power.
Claire Lehmann
The founder and editor of the fearless online journal Quillette, Lehmann is at the forefront of the defense of free inquiry. In addition to sustaining a leading online publication through grass-roots means, Lehmann speaks and publishes on the ethical boundaries of scientific research and the importance of intellectual diversity.
Anthony Malcolm Daniels
Author, social critic, physician — Daniels (aka Theodore Dalrymple) began as a psychiatrist for the poor and imprisoned. As a skeptic of infantilizing theories of selfhood he emphasizes the need for personal agency in the difficult process of self-liberation. His criticism of contemporary culture is often harsh, but it is rooted in a positive vision: of art and architecture, of literature, of civic life, and ultimately of how to live, in the fullest sense, autonomously.
Douglas Hedley
A professor of philosophy and religion at the University of Cambridge, Hedley works on conceptions of imagination, beauty, violence, and the sublime. He argues for imaginative labor as central to human endeavor, helping us to make sense of the natural order, mediate our relationship with the divine, and furnish our understanding of the self.
Eli Diamond
An inspired lecturer and a brilliant scholar of Ancient Greek philosophy, Diamond will guide our daily excursions into the fulcrum text of our event: Plato's Symposium. His clear and penetrating explication and ability to make connections between antiquity and present exemplify two central tenets of the Savannah Symposium.
Coleman Hughes
Articulate, measured, and philosophically sophisticated, with a penchant for the jazz trombone and a deep interest in the best thinkers of history, Hughes is an emerging force of his generation. His writings, interviews, and speeches display a wholesome openness for debate and a principled movement away from the noise and nearer toward the fundamental truths within our grasp.
A towering public intellectual whose ideas have reached hundreds of millions, Peterson has shown equal agility analyzing contemporary culture as he has in interpreting the Bible through his honed psychological lens. In his refreshing analysis of Western tradition through new conceptions of the mind, Peterson brings to the Symposium a thoughtful mediation between the old and the new.
Equally inspired by Buxtehude and house beats, Francesco Tristano (Sony Classical) is a world-class musician in a league of his own. He can play Bach like Gould, Jazz like Jarrett, or pack a nightclub with his improvised electronics and piano fusion. A product of German classical tradition, Juilliard, and European house music, he has the rarest of musical gifts: an ability to open worlds both old and new. Expect a musical journey of both spellbinding rhythmicality and ethereal beauty. Watch Tristano here.
Is reconciliation possible – or are we condemned to inevitable cycles of bitterness, fragmentation, and revenge? One of the greatest playwright's greatest works, The Winter's Tale is a story of redemption: about love as forgiveness. In a production created just for our Symposium, Asheville's Scott Keel and his players will bring this masterful and moving story to life.
Coleman Hughes on Transcending Victimhood
Claire Lehmann on the Necessity of Free Speech
Yeonmi Park on Her Journey from Oppression to Freedom
Theodore Dalrymple on the Art of Living
Iain McGilchrist on Neuroscience and the Humanities
Douglas Hedley on Imagination and Beauty
Stephen Blackwood on Thought and Life
Eli Diamond on Plato's Symposium
Sunny, subtropical Savannah is one of the most beautiful cities of the continent. It has a remarkably preserved downtown district whose architectural wonders and antebellum Southern style date back to the early eighteenth century. Its distinct Spanish moss and live oak trees drape across cobblestone roads, offering shade and scenery for pedestrians strolling past its magnificent squares, ambling down lively River Street, or resting in the shadow of the neo-Gothic Cathedral of St John the Baptist.
Few cities are more captivating than Savannah in the spring. Amidst the breathtaking urban and natural beauty, you'll find cafés, museums, nightlife, and historical monuments around each corner — an ideal setting for a symposium centered around beauty, conviviality, and the inheritance of the past.
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Classes are taught by University of Michigan alumnus Josh Gottlieb, a physics and math teacher with fifteen years of experience at both the high school and college level, two master's degrees in education, and twelve years of experience designing curriculum and preparing young people for their college entrance exams.
Small class sizes of around 5-10 students allow for plenty of individual attention and personalized instruction.
Convenient class times are designed to fit your schedule.
Comprehensive curriculum provides you practical and effective strategies to improve your scores on all sections of the ACT and SAT.
Affordability: The fee is only $1200 - but, for a limited time, we are offering a 50% discount, so you only pay $600 for instruction hours and materials for home use.


Eating healthy food is very important for good health and a fit body. Amidst all the fast food available so easily, health food has taken a backseat. This article provides some healthy recipes for two, that are tasty and easy to prepare.
Eating unhealthy junk food is so much easier, with the numerous options available. Whereas, healthy food is not so easily available. Health-conscious people are often left with the ordeal of making it themselves, at home. But in most cases, the problem faced is when there are just two people who are going to be eating the food.
Unfortunately, most food recipes available have set servings of a minimum of six people, and while ingredients can be changed, or altered, these changes end up messing with the recipe. The result? You either end up eating well more than one portion, or eating the dish for the next few days.
Sounds familiar, doesn't it? To save you from overeating or eating stale food, here are some healthy recipes for two, that can be made easily without tampering with the quantity of the ingredients.
Red chilly flakes, ½ tsp.
Wash and drain the chickpeas. Soak them in water overnight. Bring them to a boil the next day. Drain and keep aside.
In a pan, heat 1 teaspoon of oil, and fry the chopped onion and crushed garlic clove. Fry till the onion becomes translucent.
Take a big bowl and mix the onion, cilantro, ground cumin, red chilly flakes, and chickpea. Mash the chickpea with a fork or potato masher. Alternatively, you can choose to use a food processor. However, take care that the chickpea does not become like baby food in the food processor.
Add the beaten egg to the mixture and mix well. If you are using flour, add it to the mixture and mix well.
Make small round balls of equal size from the mixture and flatten them.
Take 1 tablespoon oil in a non-stick pan and fry the falafel on medium heat till they turn golden brown on either side.
Serve the falafel either with salad, or on pitta bread with lettuce, tomato, red onion, and cucumber. You can also make cucumber sauce that goes with it.
Boil the potatoes with the skin till they become tender. Once they are cooked, drain, and run cold water over them.
In a bowl, mix the yogurt, mayonnaise, and lemon. Peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes.
Add these cubes to the yogurt mixture. Also add the caper, gherkins, spring onions, and cucumber to it.
Season the fish fillet and grill it till the fish fillet is suitably cooked.
Serve the fish fillet with the potato salad and also a lemon wedge to squeeze over the fillet.
Grill the chicken breast and make ½ inch chunks of it.
Cook the pasta as per the directions on the pasta package.
In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients and mix them well.
You can serve the salad either immediately, or you can refrigerate it and serve it cold.
Beat the eggs well with salt and pepper. Then add milk to it and beat well again.
In a large skillet, drop butter, and after the butter melts, add the egg mixture to it. Cook the eggs on low flame.
Cook till the eggs are set. Now sprinkle the vegetables and cheese. Fold the omelet, cover it, and let it cook for a couple of minutes.
Mix the vegetables with the egg mixture and then put it on the skillet and add the cheese after the eggs have set, for another variation.
These easy healthy recipes are great to taste, nutritious, and filling at the same time. Moreover, these are specially meant for two people, so you won't have to worry about altering the ingredients to suit your needs. So, go ahead, try these out, and feel good about the fact that you are also eating health food. Bon Appetit!


This is unclear, because kilobyte is officially defined as 1000 bytes and megabyte is officially defined as 1000000 bytes, but often it is used to mean 1024 bytes and 1024 * 1024 bytes respectively. Exactly what size kilobyte is used in the nginx configuration files? When the documentation says the default is 1m is that 1000000 or 1048576?
Looking at the source at http://hg.nginx.org/nginx/file/15056a29841a/src/core/ngx_parse.c (this is the version of ngx_parse.c in 1.5.6, but the function appears the same in the 0.3.53 version, and you can check the current version here), it appears k or K represent 1024 bytes, that is, kibibytes (KiB) and m or M represents mebibytes (MiB), that is 1024 KiB.
How to make a modification take affect without restarting nginx?
Nginx includes config files not in order?


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Distorted videos of Pelosi cap off a week of tensions with Iran, partisan sparring in Congress, and rollbacks of LGBTQ protections. Welcome to "Infrastructure Week."
By Olivia Paschal and Madeleine Carlisle
What We're Following Today
It's Friday, May 24.
‣ The Republican Chip Roy delayed an already delayed $19.1 billion disaster-aid measure—which was about to pass with unanimous consent—by objecting on the House floor.
Here's what else we're watching:
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (James Lawler Duggan / Reuters)
Caught in the Middle (East): Trump, a president who has said time and time again that he wants to avoid war in the Middle East, announced today that he is sending 1,500 more troops to Iran. It's the latest U.S. escalation against the country, reports Kathy Gilsinan.
Probing the Probe: President Donald Trump granted Attorney General William Barr "full and complete authority" to declassify government documents, and ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to comply with Barr's probe into the Mueller investigation. Trump says Barr "requested" the expansive powers, but the president has been demanding such an investigation for a long time, argues David Frum.
Rolling Back Rights?: The Trump administration's reversal of a Barack Obama–era rule that protected against health-care discrimination on the basis of gender identity has LGBTQ and women's health-care advocates worried, reports Emma Green. "For years, across the legal system, people have been debating whether civil-rights prohibitions against sex discrimination should be interpreted expansively to include sexual orientation and gender identity."
Déjà Vu: Last night, Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani tweeted out separate videos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that had been doctored to make her appear to be stammering and drunk. This isn't the first time Pelosi has faced personal attacks from the GOP.
Mea Culpa: At the beginning of the month, Elaina Plott reported that finally, this time around, Infrastructure Week appeared not to be a joke. After the walkouts and political posturing this week, which involved very little infrastructure, she's here to apologize: "Infrastructure Week is still, in fact, a joke."
Impeachment's Biggest Fan: The billionaire and activist Tom Steyer has spent $80 million on a Need to Impeach campaign. And he can smell victory. "We have won the argument. Period. It's impossible to ignore," he told Edward-Isaac Dovere. "What we're saying is, if in fact we can come together and do a simple thing and recognize that a deeply corrupt president should be thrown out of office—and replaced with a Republican—then we've taken the first step toward the idea that we actually have a government that can function." Read the rest of their conversation.
—Olivia Paschal and Madeleine Carlisle
(Alastair Grant / AP)
British Prime Minister Theresa May reacts after making a speech outside 10 Downing Street announcing she'll resign as prime minister on June 7.
Ideas From The Atlantic
War-Crime Pardons Dishonor Fallen Heroes (David Lapan)
"President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to mark Memorial Day by pardoning several American military members accused or convicted of war crimes. If he does so, it would undermine our military-justice system, weaken good order and discipline in the ranks, erode trust with our allies and partners, and sanction the worst inclinations of our adversaries." → Read on
The 'Enemy of the People' Is the Real Target of the Assange Prosecution (Adam Serwer)
"If you value democracy, you simply do not want this administration, or any administration, deciding which people are journalists and which are criminals on the basis of whether what they publish makes government officials angry." → Read on
A Single Scandal Sums Up All of Trump's Failures (David A. Graham)
"But Trump also knows he needs to build the wall—really, any wall—or at least get a good start before the 2020 election … If that means the wall that goes up ends up not being all that effective at stopping border crossings, or if it's over budget, or if it's behind schedule, so be it—so long as those bills come due after November 3, 2020." → Read on
What Else We're Reading
‣ My Best Friend and I Did Everything Together—Until He Was Killed in Afghanistan (Luke Ryan, The New York Times Magazine) (🔒 Paywall)
‣ Bring Medically Proven Opioid Treatments Into Jails and Prisons (Jeremy Travis and Alan Leshner, Washington Examiner)
‣ Water Democracy (Sammy Feldblum, Dissent)
‣ Where Progressives Are Making Progress (Perry Grossman and Dahlia Lithwick, Slate)
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Eat right, exercise, get plenty of rest and die anyway.
God made us sisters, Prozak made us friends.
Real Loser: Someone who voted for Obama the second time..
You are still behind me!!!
If all else fails, fail with it!
Love is trash, girls need cash - except mine.
Don't laugh it's paid for and in front of you.
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I start this post of mine by asking a question from you.

**Ques: If you ever get the chance to meet your past self, then what advice would you give it to him/her?**

When this question hit me, lots of things came to my mind that I wanted to tell to my younger self. For example, study hard, watch less movies, don't take so much stress and all those weird stuff. Then I keep asking this question from myself, till I find the right answer. So, the answer I found is:

***Never ever lie to yourself. Accept the truth, and embrace it.***

All of the assumptions that makes you happy or sad, are nothing; they are just a lie. And yes, **ASSumption is the mother of all failures.**

There is a huge difference between these 3 statements:

1. I can't do it.
2. I can do it.
3. I have to do it.

The statement 1 is 100% lie, without even trying you should never accept that you are not capable of doing it. ***A Man can do anything, but not everything***. You just need to keep trying, until you achieve it.
Statement 2 is also a lie, because until or unless you haven't achieved it, you have no rights to say that you can do it. Even smaller problems are difficult to solve, if they didn't get solve at time.
Statement 3, this is the place where you should always live. If you have decided to do something, then you should have to do it, and should be doing it right now.

To be honest, I decided to write this post in March, but now the April is going to end soon, and it's still in draft phase. However, today I decided that I should have to do it and post it.

When you live with statement 3, results can be either of failure or success, however you always have the opportunity to learn something new during the process. In addition, you feel more confident to achieve your goals, and final success.

There is one thing about truth, it may be bitter but it is the only thing that can give you **HAPPINESS.**

Okay, that's about you. Now about people **close to YOU.** They don't want your money, beauty or anything. They always look for your trust. If they find you trustworthy, they are always with you. So, this is the second reason that you should never lie to yourself. Because if you lie to yourself, then you surely need to lie with them too.

This is my opinion for the above question, and I would definitely love to hear yours too. Please share your feedback in the comment section. Have a great weekend.

And yes, if you like the story, I request you to please leave a **thank you note.** It will *motivate* me to write more :)

Thank you for reading.

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Fortified Base
Let's face it: The new Freedom Tower, designed by a series of mishaps, committees, politicans, and egoist architects is a superbad idea. Today, The New York Times today shows some examples under the banner headline Redesign Puts Freedom Tower on a Fortified Base. The base itself looks shimmery and light but the reality of it is that it's made to withstand heavy duty terrorist activities.
It's not necessary to make the case this is a collosal waste of money. There are still no takers for office space in this tower and I can't think of one person who lives in New York who would eagerly go to work every day in this Freedom Tower. It's too big a target, too rarified a structure and too high in the sky for any sane person's self-interests.
The best critique I've read of the plans for the area is by Ron Rosenbaum in his piece called Ground Zero Hype: Is Giant Skyscraper A Freedom Folly? in the Observer.
I do understand the general desire of polticians and heros to "buck" the terrorists and stand up to their depravity by building something bigger and better than the Twin Towers. I also understand the interests of a few to make a clear pronunciation that the Freedom Tower is a sign of our willingness to transcend, to embrace "life," and to construct anew. But what better way of signalling this is there than to use the entire area as a public arena – a museum, a park, a memorial, a preserve, a place of rest and repose and a symbol of our belief in living?
I have an MFA in Painting. One of the great things about getting an MFA in Painting is that you get to paint (a lot) for 2 to 2.5 years in a studio and spend a tremendous amount of time with paints, canvas, tools, sanders, wood, gesso, frames, pencils, crayons and other colorful ephemera. You also get to produce a ton of artwork, most of which is total garbage and the rest of it will only see the light of day for perhaps a few days during your thesis show. That's when a selected body of your artwork gets displayed in a gallery or museum for the "world" to see. Mostly, the world is your mom and dad, your professors, friends and family and your MFA student colleagues. It goes without say that it's a momentous day for you to display your works in a space with other like-handled works and that day does go quickly.
Today, I chucked almost all of that work. It's been sitting at the very top of the storage closet in the yellow hallway of the apartment. Sitting, mostly rolled up, high above the ground on wood planks, wrapped in plastic and labeled carefully. With strong intention, this morning I went up there like some crazy hunter and took those bodies down out of their dark lair and bundled them into large black plastic Hefty bags and tied them up and put them out front. It was weird. The entirety took three hours total.
In the pile of bags outside sits "Empire," a huge painting (perhaps 10 x 12 feet) of a world ensconsed by a cross. The painting was created on a huge tarp which I hand-grommetted and sewed on a sewing machine so that the whole thing could be stretched taut against the wall with nails or screws. Mostly screws. "Empire" is no longer.
The reality is that this work and about 10 others like it were no longer as soon as my MFA was gotten. I went on to make some more beautiful, persuasive, and technically competent artworks aftewards up until about 2000 when it all fell away. These I have and I won't let them easily depart from me. If I do, the paintings will end up with friends who knew me then or know me now and who want a piece of that painting-dedicated life I led in the late 1990s.
I often feel like a shill for Emigre but they recently came out with a beautiful new typeface that has a tremendous amount of versatility and typographic dignity. It's called Vista Sans and, to me, it provides a new vista without the "without."
Vista is apparently based on many of the shop signs found in Sumatra by type designer Xavier Dupre.
In some ways it's a sweet and more sophisticated combination of Linotype's commercial Trade Gothic and FontBureau's overused but fantastically clear-eyed Interstate. The range of odd weights and different kinds of numbers in the set makes this a bit of a must-have, at least on my wish list.
It's been too long since I've written a Deckchairs entry because the following things have occurred:
My daughter is now toilet trained. It's a big deal in the field of parenting and it took a lot of cajoling, bribery, shenanigans, and generalized anxiety. But she is and her parents are relieved that, when she goes to a new school in the Fall, the teachers won't have to do any training around the potty. I must say that I already miss the days of holding her hand while she went to the bathroom in her diaper and watched her as she gave permission to herself to do what she needed to do.
On the moving scene, I've confirmed with the mover that we're moving. I'm about to detail and sell the car and I'm thinking about loading Tiger so that I can simultaneously worry about something other than moving and shipping and packing and saying goodbye to all that. Up to Canada.
I experienced a Father's Day that was filled with much joy. In particular, we went to the Brooklyn Museum of Art and I fell in love with Brooklyn generally again. The Museum, having recently undergone reconstruction (remont in Polish, which always made more sense to me), installed an incredible fountain that is beautifully choreographed in the most minimal and yet most pleasurable ways. It's hard to describe but imagine about 20 propelled water streams forced to different levels above a marble base, each one in some sort of synchronicity with the others, falling up, falling down, and then falling flat. The sounds of the water hitting the stone and the droplets hitting each other was mesmerizing and it has completely transformed that busy corner of Brooklyn's Prospect Heights.
I'm equally mesmerized with the recent fate of public radio and television. It's as if the Republican administrators of our fair country have decided that the small amounts of funding provided to keep public-oriented programming on the public airwaves is too much to bear for our debt-ridden nation. It's hard to believe but their position seems to be that the federal deficit can be helped along by cutting out a few culturally rich parts of the popular arena so that the gap can be filled by benefactors. Bill Moyers has been predicting this for some time and so have I.
At the same time, I'm impressed by the audacity of Con Rice going around to Arab countries lately pronouncing the importance of democratic institutions and civic values. I always think that the person the person that doth protest too much is always the most guilty of crimes.
More tidbits and better posts coming up.
Trump Watches
Blech. They're unbelievably ugly. Today's paper showed an ad for the Trump watch.
They have all of the neo-historical styling of other popular watches but none of the appeal. The logo itself, with a brash serif "TRUMP," looks about as fake as any Citizen, Bulova, or Rado sold on the streets of Canal. Trump obviously thinks he can sell $125 watches to the masses. But the designer of these time pieces of crap ought to be hung out to dry. Gag, ugly.
Big Health Businesses
Totally could be wrong on this one, but I have a small prediction to make, partly in light of the last post on Deckchairs a few days ago:
"In the next year or three, big business will begin to petition the administration for long-range and transformative heathcare changes that will not be called National Health Care but will feel like it when they're provided to citizens."
Here's the logic: Companies can no longer afford to provide good health care for their employees. It will soon be nearly impossible for even companies like GM to continue lining the pockets of the insurance industry. They recognize that all other countries to the North and South and to the East and West provide healthcare and that they can no longer compete by providing what is essentially two salaries to every American employee. They will argue for a nationalized plan that will ration health care (and probably pretty poor care at that) to the working and middle class and will allow them to cut down dramatically on their insurance premiums.
I'm assuming that there will be an industrial consortium or PAC that will get this done and that the name of the plan will be something Orwellian like "Health for America" or "Heart America."
I'm also assuming that the average worker will be paying for part of the plan through increased taxes.
I'm also assuming that the new plan will offer less overall insurance to Americans but it will guarantee that employed (not self-employed, those on Medicare or Medicaid, illegals, or generally just plain poor) citizens will have a modicum of healthcare during their lifetimes. I also imagine that the plan would go along with a national ID system to make sure that citizens are in the "system" and are not abusing it; this national ID system (used in many other countries as well) with be a persuasive component of the new laws.
The funds will probably have to come out of additional tax revenue from businesses, but the lionshare of the burden will be on smaller companies because they will be perceived as getting the biggest "break."
All of the very smart, able, and excellent activist health and labor organizations like Working Today will need to quickly provide education to the media about these initiatives and weigh out the public versus private benefits. Big business, in hand with the Administration seeking to make a dent in its domestic policies before 2008, will be depicted as the saviors of the American economy and the American workingman.
The Bubble Bubble (or Double Bubble Trouble)
I'm not trying to be cute (well, that might be hard at this point) but the number of stories in The New York Times about housing, market, economic, and other types of bubbles is starting to reach grand or grandiose proportions. I've long thought that residential housing was a big ol' bubble just waiting to burst and still think it is in most of the metropolitan areas of the country but it does seem that the hype of bubble myth-making will have its own bubble.
Here are just a few pieces in The Times lately. Each on is more persuasive than the other. Our new deficits, now owned and managed by the Chinese, coupled with massively over-financed housing, tied with over-leveraged families with credit debt and no savings, wrapped around an economy based on a war-time footing rather than an investment-side caravan, strapped together with shaky free-trade markets and a speculative oil and gas system does indeed seem like disaster waiting to happen. The house of cards has to fall at some point.
But I also wonder out loud whether the bubbles that all these journalists are prognosticating are actually missing a larger piece of the puzzle that we're not thinking about. I don't know what that puzzle piece is – perhaps it's AIDS or avian flu or terror or just some new technology – but my guess is that something else will make the cards fall and not the house itself. In other words, it will take some outside force to push the the thing over; cards themselves have no desire to change their position in the fine hierarchy of various advantageous positions.
The bubble stories are coming fast and furious but they, too, probably represent a bubble that can't see the next prick on the horizon.
The Dears
Always just slightly a few weeks behind the times, I downloaded from iTunes The Dears new album No Cities Left. It took a couple of listens but it's quite a strong and sophisticated album, except for the occasional dumb-ass lyric. The musical styles purposefully switch, as do the lead singers, but I don't hold it against them any more than I do U2 or other ambitious bands. It's hard to say everything you want to say the way The Strokes do, after all.
The Dears, which perform well at many venues, is a Montreal-based boy-girl band that mix up a range of styles and musiques. Here are the apparently references: Blur, The Smiths, Leonard Cohen, Clash, Godspeed You Black Emperor, TMBG maybe. They were recently nicely featured on NPR and their moodiness, odd orchestrations, and full sound all feel appropriate to these mixed up times. My bet is that Leonard Cohen would like this album quite a bit.


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The Maysand ethos is underscored throughout our dealings with our team — right from day one inductions. Many of our employees have more than 10 years service with the company and we actively involve our team in all aspects of the work and bring our CSR policy to life in our offices and on our sites. Our dedication to training is designed to raise the standards of employees, their knowledge of both environmental and health and safety risks.
Our training is designed to help each individual reach their true potential.
We give each person the skills they need for long-term sustainability in the workplace.
The Company is OHSAS 18001 accredited.
All our employees carry CSCS cards.
All operatives are Asbestos Awareness trained.
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We give local people full access to all vacancies.
We provide safe working conditions for all our employees.
We provide excellent terms of employment.
100% of our workforce are Emergency First Aid trained.
All site operatives and staff have full company workwear, embossed with the company logo.
At Maysand we recognise that as a thriving business we have an opportunity to play a role within our own community here in Oldham. We do not operate in isolation so, when and where we can, we actively engage with our community. That ethos extends to work on sites. For example, on a long-running public project in Lytham, we worked with a local college and produced students' artwork for the site's perimeter boards.
On an ongoing basis:
We sponsor the Moorside Marshalls, a locally based youth basketball team.
We support the work of Dr Kershaw's Hospice in Royton.
We support the work of the Great Ormond Street Leukemia Charity through fundraising activities.
We support Silverdale Cricket Club.
At Maysand we believe in doing what we can to protect the environment, whether that's cutting back on our own carbon footprint or making use of recyclable materials where possible. Our strategy is not just about complying with the latest legislation. We set clear targets to improve our environmental performance year on year.
We aim to obtain materials from sustainable sources wherever possible. We have ISO 9001 accreditation and through that continually monitor our purchasing practices and internal operations, including energy and transport. Our aim is to make sure we make best use of natural resources and minimum environmental impact.
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Nancy and her friends want to cut plastic pollution
Nancy and her group of Fixers
Don't dump plastic!
A group of young people from West Yorkshire is asking primary school pupils to think carefully about how they get rid of plastic waste.
"We need to raise awareness," says project leader Nancy Tupling from Mytholmroyd, near Halifax.
"People think that throwing away one plastic bottle isn't a problem. But if a billion people think like that, it's just going to build up and up.
"I'm worried it's going to get so big and there'll be so much, we won't be able to do anything. It's just going to affect our lives and our children's lives."
Fixers has helped the group create an animated film.
Seventeen-year-old Nancy explains: "A boy called Ben is having fish and chips and he throws some plastic into a river and then eventually, after he's done it again and again, when he goes to the chip shop there's a load of plastic in his fish."
The group is planning to show the animation to primary school children in Calderdale and Leeds. The main message is to encourage less use of plastic and more recycling.
"We want to target younger people about plastic pollution," says Nancy, "because we think if children grow up learning good habits about recycling, they'll teach their parents and when they have children of their own, they'll grow up with it and it'll become the norm."
Hear from others affected by this issue. Click to read their stories.
Nancy and her friends think plastic pollution has been forgotten as the world concentrates on climate change.
"No-one talks about it. We're going to grow up into a world where the generation above us has abused plastics so much there'll be just too much pollution and we won't be able to make a difference," she explained.
"We as young people are the ones who will be dealing with the consequences so we want to tackle the issue now so people are more educated on why recycling is important and for people to be more aware about the plastics they use, and look at using less of it."
The group recommends some small steps everyone can make – such as re-usable shopping bags, water bottles and straws.
"If we do something now then we can make a difference."
This project was funded by the Community Foundation for Calderdale.
Author: Paul Larsmon
About Nancy Tupling


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Mark Cuban And Other Investors Weigh In On The Current State Of ICOs
Rachel Wolfson Contributor
I write about crypto, women in crypto and blockchain technology.
"I only consider ICOs if I can use the token in the application or the network," Mark Cuban told me.
"I need to know if there is a real reason to buy and sell the tokens when considering an ICO." Tim Draper told me.
A picture taken on February 6, 2018 shows a visual representation of the digital crypto-currency Bitcoin, at the 'Bitcoin Change' shop in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
While the price of Bitcoin struggles to make its way back above $10,000, ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) are struggling to maintain their legitmacy.
Unlike traditional fundraising, startups doing an ICO allow investors to send some form of digital currency – usually Bitcoin or Ethereum – to the startup in exchange for an entirely new token that can be used to redeem a service offered by the company. The tokens issued are not shares, however, and investors are not receiving equity in the company. Also, there is no guarantee that the token will increase in value.
Yet while ICOs have been dubbed risky, big time investors still choose to participate for a number of reasons. For instance, billionaire investor and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, considers ICOs to be utilities, rather than investments.
Silicon Valley venture capitalist and Bitcoin enthusiast, Tim Draper, mentioned that the three things he considers before participating in an ICO is the company's mission, how it will transform society and if there is a strong network involved.
According to research by Ernst & Young, the total amount of funds raised via ICOs is approaching $4 billion. Yet while ICOs are paying off, regulators across the globe are starting to crack down on initial coin offerings.
Attempts to Regulate ICOs
In an attempt to regulate what the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) believes to be "illegal cryptocurrency public coin offerings," the Committee of Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs met on Tuesday morning to conduct a hearing over the state of cryptocurrencies and ICOs.
During this hearing, SEC chairman, John Clayton, shared his harsh thoughts on the current state of ICOs, stating,
"Many ICOs [initial coin offerings] are being conducted illegally. Their promoters and other participants are not following our security laws. Some people say that's because the law isn't clear. I do not buy that for a moment."
Following this statement, Chairman Clayton noted that there is a difference between ICOs, which he believes to be securities masquerading as coins, and "pure cryptocurrencies."
Clayton's statements, along with the SEC's recent enforcement actions, have made it clear that the SEC has the authority to regulate ICOs since they could technically be viewed as securities. However, the question of what defines "securities" was also brought up during the hearing, along with whether or not this should include ICOs.
This news has also come at a time when Facebook recently announced the banning of all ads related to Bitcoin, ICOs and other cryptocurrencies. Facebook's Product management director, Rob Leathern, explained this decision in a blog post, saying Facebook will no longer accept ads that "promote financial products and services that are frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices."
And as of February 6, 2018, Jason Roy, a senior investigator at the Manitoba Securities Commission in Canada, publicly applauded Facebook's decision to ban all ads for cryptocurrencies and ICOs.
"We're very pleased with Facebook's decision. My hope is that Google will enact a similar policy, where they specifically name products like binary options, ICOs and cryptocurrencies," says Roy.
Investors Weigh In On A Risky Market
Yet while authorities across the globe continue to crack down on ICOs, startups and investors are pushing forward. Despite the high risks associated with participating in ICOs, more money was raised through ICOs in December 2017 than any other month, according to CoinDesk's new Q4 2017 State of Blockchain report.
The appeal behind ICOs is somewhat obvious for startups in the crypto space. These companies turn to ICOs with the hope to generate more capital then what would be possible through traditional fundraising methods. It's been noted that the amount of money raised by cryptocurrency and blockchain startups doing ICOs has now surpassed early stage venture capital (VC) funding.
This could be due to the notion that ICOs are a way for startups to raise money in a fashion similar to crowdfunding.
"Crowdfunding is an underlying concept of cryptocurrency, which is why the market is flourishing – not a lot of people realize this. I have seen many people try to raise capital with an ICO just to earn a quick buck, yet this goes against the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem," Early-Stage Equity Expert and Founder and Chairman of LDJ Capital David Drake told me. "ICOs allow companies to pursue a dream to reach the globe in an embracing community."
Other investors also see great value in participating in ICOs based on the way a company's token can be used within a particular network. In 2017, the most successful ICOs were those that aimed to make blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies more suitable for common use cases, while providing users with rewards and incentives to use their tokens.
Masha Drokova, founder and general partner at Day One Ventures, notes that while ICOs are risky investments, the technological skills behind the team play an important role in determining the company's legitimacy.
"In general, I consider all ICOs super risky, much risker than any other type of investment," Drokova told me. "However, if someone on the team has been working with blockchain technology for 3-5 years, and the token is being used in a manner to build the product, then I am more inclined to participate in an ICO."
However, it's important to note that technology alone does not always result in long-term success for ICOs. For instance, Tezos may have been one of the most promising ICOs of 2017, having raised about $232 million in token sales. The technology behind Tezos was intended to simplify the launch of new projects to compete with Ethereum. Yet the project's roadmap contained no exact deadlines. Arthur Breitman, the founder of Tezos, posted an update on December 22, 2017 that the platform would not launch anytime soon.
Moreover, Tezos has recently been hit with two lawsuits. The company has been accused of violating both U.S. federal and state law since its tokens were qualified as securities that were not registered as such.
When all is said and done, it's clear that ICOs are risky. Yet this shouldn't come as a surprise, as the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem is deregulated, decentralized and built entirely on digital trust.
And with every deregulated system, it's likely that officials will find ways to enforce laws and regulations. Cryptocurrency enthusiasts remain hopeful though and have found ways to better evaluate what is legitimate versus illegitimate practices in the cryptocurrency market.
"I believe that the team, market, and whether the token actually needs to exist - in that order – is very important when considering ICOs. I think this is why an early-stage VC background is very helpful in evaluating initial coin offerings," Arianna Simpson, Managing Director of the crypto investment fund, Autonomous Partners, told me.
Yet even with specific strategies in place, both investors and companies need to consider the recent legal actions being taken against ICOs and the impact it could have on the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem.
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UT, UK to Spearhead $50 Million Advanced Manufacturing Project for Army
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the University of Kentucky, and the U.S. Army have announced a new five-year, $50 million advanced manufacturing project aimed at developing the next generation of military equipment.
The project will focus on improving materials and manufacturing methods that could significantly advance capabilities of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, known as DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory, including developing the next generation of vehicles, increasing the distance of its long-range arsenal, and exploring designs for vertical lift vehicles of the future.
"UT is at the forefront of advanced materials and manufacturing research and expertise," said Chancellor Donde Plowman. "Collaborating on a significant project for the Army is just one way our flagship land-grant institution is contributing to the economic prosperity of the state and safety of our nation. I know our faculty and students on our campus in Knoxville, and at the UT Space Institute in Tullahoma, are excited to use their knowledge and work to make a lasting impact in our local communities and our country. We appreciate Senator Marsha Blackburn's leadership in sponsoring this important work."
The project will not only enhance military capabilities but also contribute to civilian applications and workforce training that will spur economic development in key industries in the region, including aerospace, automotive manufacturing, and energy production.
UT System President Randy Boyd said, "Thanks to continued support from Senator Marsha Blackburn, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is continuing to compete for and contribute to significant areas of advanced materials and manufacturing research – work to support our military and support national security. These kinds of partnerships with universities and corporations across the nation are of the utmost importance for top research universities like UT."
UT's contribution will draw on expertise across multiple colleges and departments, including the UT Space Institute in Tullahoma. UTSI was established in 1964 as part of UT and has become an internationally recognized institution for graduate study and research in engineering, physics, mathematics, and aviation systems and has made remarkable contributions at the local, state, national, and global levels.
UT will be working on three areas of focus: hybrid manufacturing methods that combine additive techniques and machining, measurements using advanced metrology approaches, and new materials processing techniques for metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites.
Among the projects that the team will be tackling are the following:
Producing a new metallic hybrid material that will be stronger, lighter, and more durable than traditional materials
Integrating advanced manufacturing methods to help improve the speed of production processes and drive down costs
Exploring flash processing of steel with novel properties to create structurally sound materials that both weigh and cost less
Researching the machining and surface finishing of materials produced through advanced manufacturing to create a more refined and precise final product
Developing more durable high-performing metals for unmanned aerial vehicles
Developing new materials for hypersonics
The project will be led by Senior Director for Space and Defense Programs Bruce LaMattina. Additional faculty members are working on the project:
Suresh Babu, UT–Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor's Chair for Advanced Manufacturing and Director of the UT–ORNL Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education
Uday Vaidya, UT–ORNL Governor's Chair for Advanced Composites Manufacturing
Lino Costa, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Mark Dadmun, Professor in the Department of Chemistry
Eric Lass, Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Trevor Moeller, Jack D. Whitfield Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Orlando Rios, Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Tony Schmitz, Professor of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
"Being able to provide research and open new avenues of discovery in ways that impact our national security is a challenge that we take with great pride and honor," said Matthew Mench, dean and Wayne T. Davis Dean's Chair of UT's Tickle College of Engineering. "Having the ability to create a team that draws upon expertise from across our university is a testament to the work we're already doing, and a solid foundation for what we hope to accomplish."
The project also includes connections with industrial partners across six states, five of which are in the Southeast: Oshkosh Defense of Jefferson City, Tennessee; Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation Industries of Bell County, Kentucky; MELD Manufacturing Corporation of Christiansburg, Virginia; Corvid Technologies of Charlotte, North Carolina; Dynetics, of Alabama; BAE Systems, with locations in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Alabama; and Flash Steelworks, of Michigan.
UT and UK will each develop and test metallic hybrid materials, finding the optimal blend of additive and subtractive manufacturing and flash processing of steels with unique properties like enhanced ballistic resistance.
UK researchers will pursue smart sustainable hybrid manufacturing processes, including new nanostructured metal alloys, new chemistries for additively manufactured high-strength polymers, and novel processing–microstructure–performance models of ceramic composites for hypersonic applications.
The Army supports collaboration across academia, industry leaders, and the area's workforce to make advancements.
"The exciting thing about this program is that it is combining fundamental research from universities with the cutting-edge R&D of small companies along with knowledge and expertise from defense contractors and the leadership of Army scientists," said Bryan Cheeseman, one of the Army's co-leads on the project. "The teamwork and collaboration are key to accelerating innovation and rapidly transitioning the latest technology to the Warfighter."
"This is a momentous collaborative research effort among two flagship universities, regional industries, and the Army Research Laboratory," said Jian Yu, the ARL cooperative agreement manager for UT. "Unlike other governmental grants, this program offers a fast track for new technology development and transition to the Army applications, executing the Army Future Command's modernization vision. At the same time, the program also develops the next generation of civil workforce for advanced manufacturing in the Tennessee Valley region."
In short, the project will help secure both the nation and the economic future of its citizens.
Source: University of Tennessee, by Tyra Haag, David Goddard


Other Info Tullulah 15yrs old was pawed by a horse and run off possibly hurt in Felifoel area Llanelli ..she had on a pink collar at the time .If found it must be reported to the warden as required by law .
2018-11-08 10:57 DogLostJill -Area Co-ordinator Wales.
Not owner's horse. A new horse to the yard who was put in the wrong paddock.
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Guest post by band teacher Christian Sarazen…I know it will inspire you like it inspired me!
I went on to get a degree and moved overseas to start a band program at an international school. But my first year teaching would be Mr. Andrew's last. Midway through the year he was diagnosed with brain cancer and given months to live. His final concert was an emotional one, as anyone can imagine.
I was too far away to be there, but I wrote a song for my band and performed it in his honor that same Spring.
The band program at Ben Lippen did not continue after Mr. Andrews passed, (about 7 years ago now) and the band room has been the "Large Group Instructional" room since then. Until this year.
Last fall, I was hired by Ben Lippen to re-start the program and we just had our first spring Concert tonight. The highlight was our performance of that same song I composed in his honor my first year teaching.
Most days band directing is banging my head on the floor. But not every day. Tonight was a night that made me feel like I have the "best job in the world". I have your job now, but I'll ever be working my way toward being a director like you. Thank you for everything.